Wade Wilson knows about your Avengers Secret Wars theories for Deadpool 3, and he’s trolling you with them

We’d expect nothing less

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Wade Wilson is trolling us, again. Ahead ofDeadpool 3debuting some new footage at CinemaCon 2024, Ryan Reynolds and Hugh Jackman filmed a cheeky intro name-droppingAvengers: Secret Wars.

According toDiscussing Film, who was at the event, the footage was preceded by the pair in character telling audiences to switch their phones off with the name drop.Screen Timethen shared an even more detailed description of that sequence on Twitter.

It begins with Deadpool saying “So, I heard Secret Wars is finally gonna introduce…” before his phone rings. Then Wolverine pushes him out of the frame and tells him to turn his phone off. Now, while we didn’t hear the compelling end of that sentence, we’re pretty much sure he was implyingDoctor Doom.

There have been so many theories circulating about whether or not the Big Bad could make an appearance in the upcoming Avengers film given his importance to the source material – or even if he could be introduced in Deadpool 3. A lot of this is based around the MCU’s big villain issue at the moment, followingJonathan Majors’ exit as Kang.

But it also isn’t the first time we’ve had a nod to Secret Wars either in Deadpool, withthe first trailer featuring a particular Easter egg. At the end of that, we saw Wade being knocked to the ground by an old comic: 2015’s Secret Wars #5. And that was more than enough to spawn some wild ideas…

So could it happen? Well, we’ll have to wait and see. Right now at least, we have somebig Deadpool and Wolverine footage to wade through from the event, featuring implications for the Sacred Timeline and much more.

Deadpool and Wolverine lands in UK cinemas on July 25, and in the US a day later. For more on the MCU, check outhow to watch the Marvel movies in orderand our guide to theMarvel timeline.

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